Yemen: Ports

(asked on 13th June 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment her Department has made of the humanitarian effect of the military assault on Hodeidah port in Yemen.


Answered by
Alistair Burt Portrait
Alistair Burt
This question was answered on 18th June 2018

The UN estimates that an attack on Hodeidah could displace up to 350,000 people and leave hundreds of thousands of Yemenis without access to basic goods, water or healthcare, with any long-term closure of Hodeidah port likely to put over 3 million more people at risk of starvation. 8.4 million people already face extreme food shortages across the country.

We are in regular contact with the Coalition about the need to ensure that any military operations in and around Hodeidah are conducted in accordance with international humanitarian law, including on the protection of civilians, and do not disrupt commercial and humanitarian flows through the port. We continue to call on all parties to the conflict in Yemen to allow full and unhindered commercial and humanitarian access for food, fuel and medical supplies throughout Yemen.

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